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From: Phil Teare
Date: Apr 9, 2009 4:00AM

and www.textic.com

I'm dyslexic. I'm also CTO at Textic. I could tell you a fair amount about
the problems faced by dyslexic users of the web...

Good luck
Phil


Phil Teare,

CTO & Chief Architect, TEXTIC Ltd
http://www.textic.com

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2009/4/9 Peter Krantz < <EMAIL REMOVED> >

> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 01:40, catherine < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > While there is a lot of material out
> > there on how to make the Web more accessible to this particular
> > community, there does not seem to be anything in terms of interesting
> > projects or concrete examples where people with cognitive disabilities
> > use technology.
> >
>
> There are a lot things for persons with dyslexia. Some examples:
>
> 1. Speech enabled websites (e.g. with tools from voicecorp:
> http://www.voice-corp.com/en/ or http://www.browsealoud.com/).
>
> 2. Enabling internet for people with dyslexia:
> http://www.e-bility.com/articles/dyslexia.php
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>